Senior Lecturer @TheMSArch I Special Advisor House of Lords Built Environment Select Committee I Co-author 'High Streets: How our town centres can bounce back'
Manchester, England
Joined September 2017
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Honoured to have delivered a keynote at the national launch of @WomenInArch #mentoring scheme. A great opportunity to discuss how we can (+ should) engage with policymakers to shape the future with insights from both practice and academia. Watch the highlights⬇️(by Coetsee Media)
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Join us midday tomorrow online
@RIBA Academy when we will be delivering CPD on high streets. Lots of useful stuff for #towncentre regen + #highstreets initiatives
Free for members
£15 for non-members
@RudlinDavid @Victoria_Payne riba-academy.architecture.co…
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Published today: House of Lords high streets recommendations
It was an honour to be the Specialist Advisor to the Built Environment Committee for the last 9 months. The change of government has made members' recommendations even more important at this pivotal moment for policy
📢 We’ve published our report on #HighStreets in towns and small cities🏬🛍️
➡️ Read the full report: publications.parliament.uk/p…
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/wor…
#myhighstreetmatters
ALT We have published our recommendations on high streets in our report 'High Streets: Life beyond retail?'
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📰 Check out our feature in the Independent where @RudlinDavid @Victoria_Payne + I discuss the importance of vibrant community spaces in #highstreets + need for taxation frameworks that support their development, alongside further insights from our book.
independent.co.uk/life-style…
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Back for our final evidence session @HLBuiltEnviro. A fantastic opportunity to learn how the new government plans to deliver the support it promised #highstreets with evidence from ministers @SharonStevenage + @AlexJJNorris @mhclg. Watch live/later committees.parliament.uk/eve…
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Can anyone point to specfic examples of #retail or other #highstreet units being left vacant because landlords didn't want to lower the rent?
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Filming for @BBCTheOneShow today talking all things #market with @kevduala at the brilliant initiative @teenage_market in Bootle. Such a vital opportunity for entrepreneurs to try their hand at #retail with a low-commitment stall. One of the traders here is as young as 11! 📺
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Back in the Old Smoke tonight with @RudlinDavid + our editor @alexwhiteRIBA @RIBA for the Architectural Book of the Year Awards as #HighStreet was shortlisted. Hosted in the beautiful Maggie's Centre at St Bart's by @stevenhollarch. Congratulations to the winners 📚
This morning @HLBuiltEnviro we're hearing the developer's perspective on the #highstreet from @DransfieldMd. Vital to appreciating dynamics, constraints, opportunities and how we can enable more good things to happen. 10:45 Watch live or later committees.parliament.uk/eve…
Another glorious morning in Westminster ready to hear more evidence on #highstreets for the @HLBuiltEnviro inquiry. Remember you can watch live or later committees.parliament.uk/wor…
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🚨 Final day to submit evidence on #highstreets 🚨
Please give us your insights to help shape the committee's recommendations to government
1 week to submit evidence to @HLBuiltEnviro #highstreets inquiry.
Would be great to hear about...
#retail development finance
landlords/letting process
community businesses
#businessrates
#heritage
#indies + small businesses
major retailers
#omnichannel
committees.parliament.uk/cal…
1 week to submit evidence to @HLBuiltEnviro #highstreets inquiry.
Would be great to hear about...
#retail development finance
landlords/letting process
community businesses
#businessrates
#heritage
#indies + small businesses
major retailers
#omnichannel
committees.parliament.uk/cal…
Super news from our editor @alexwhiteRIBA at @RIBABooks that 'High Street' has been shortlisted for the Architectural Book Awards 2024! You can find it in the latest edition of 'Booklaunch' 📚📖 lnkd.in/eQ-DpF9G
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Delighted to share my appointment as Special Advisor to @HLBuiltEnviro The House of Lords #BuiltEnvironment Select Committee for their #highstreets inquiry. Looking forward to this vital work as sadly more @TheBodyShopUK closures + @sainsburys job losses announced today.
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Dr Lucy Montague retweeted
📢 We’ve launched our call for evidence into #HighStreets in towns and small cities🏬🛍️
➡️ Deadline for submissions is 22 March 2024
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/com…
#myhighstreetmatters
Dr Lucy Montague retweeted
From the Body Shop to M&S's Oxford Street store, high streets are back in the headlines this week.
Take a step back and find out what the future could hold in our recent podcast with @LucyUrbanDesign
Listen here 🎧 centreforcities.org/podcast/…
Dr Lucy Montague retweeted
🎙️ NEW PODCAST – City Talks: Are we seeing the arrival of the post-retail High Street? Ft. @LucyUrbanDesign
Speaking to @AndrewCities, Dr Montague discusses the origins of the current crisis, the impact of Covid and how our high streets are changing 🔉👇
linktr.ee/CityTalksPodcast/
So much to say chatting live on Instagram about the role of #independent #retail on the #highstreet with founder of notonthehighstreet.com @HollyLTucker powerhouse champion of #smallbusiness. We could have gone on for hours! Available here ⬇️
instagram.com/tv/Cz8wF0wMWle…
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Next week... for anyone who was interested in our party conference events, @CentreforCities has organised a similar panel event free and online so join me and the rest of the panel @SHinchcliffe and Andrew Cooper @LeedsBID centreforcities.org/event/th…
An increasing number of councils are buying up their town's defunct shopping centre, but why would a council want to own a dead mall I hear you ask? Answers below... bbc.com/news/articles/cv2zjz…
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